Leaving a Legacy
Liam Struck, Reporter
May 25, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Campus Life, News, Showcase
Kirk Schmaltz is now passing the baton after 40 years of teaching. Schmaltz has spent 35 years of his life teaching at Ames High. And while he modestly claims that he was at the right place at the right time, his achievements say different. Boasting an impressive amount of time coaching sports, Sch...
2018 Senior Send-Off
Victoria Ostendorf, Queen
May 23, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, News, Showcase
The Senior Sendoff survey was a part of the exit surveys given by AHS professional school counselors May 8–14, 2018. Students had the option to not have their information printed in The WEB. This is NOT an official list of Ames High graduates.
Nancy Torkildson
Lucas Bleyle, Co-editor in Chief
May 22, 2018
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Ever since she began swimming at the Ames High School Pool in the 1960’s, Nancy Torkildson knew she wanted to be a teacher. “When I started teaching there were still teachers here that I had had,” Torkildson said. She described having to call her former teachers, now fellow colleagues, b...
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Petr Karpov, Reporter
May 22, 2018
Filed under Archives, Campus Life, Showcase
While countless Ames High students spend hours working on creative projects in and out of school, few receive the fame and recognition that all of their hard work warrants. Thus enter the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards–a program intended to recognize the artistic and writing abilities of studen...
Selaam Dollisso’s Senior Column
Selaam Dollisso, Online Managing Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
Writing a reflection on four years worth of high school with only two weeks left is a daunting task—proportionally, it just doesn’t work. Not to mention the hindrance of slow motion brain-clutter that many seniors are now experiencing as the final days of our secondary education come to a swift hault...
The Ultimate Finale Megamix Of The Matter
Dane Dorius, Academics and Arts Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
I’ve always liked writing about whatever’s interested me, but I don’t like writing about myself specifically. It never comes out right and it feels egotistical. This entire article isn’t my kinda gig, where either I dispense academic advice with my incredible 2.07 GPA, give social tips when I di...
ANNUS HORRIBILIS
Queen Victoria, Opinion Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
… Are two words that describe the majority of my High School years. When I began to write this I was very frustrated and out for blood. I wanted to go for the jugular. Burn every bridge possibly and not look back, but, I am tired. Instead here is my version of an acceptance speech. Except instead of produ...
Tynan Shahidi’s Senior Column
Tynan Shahidi, Reporter
May 21, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
Senior year is finally coming to a close, the upcoming years are filled which such uncertainty that it’s nice to sit back and reflect on my past four years. I remember the first day of high school when I got yelled at by Spence in front of the entire 2018 class, if this is what high school was gonna b...
Sam Stuve’s Senior Column
Sam Stuve, Academics and Arts Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
4 years may not seem like a long time, but at some points in life it is. High school is one of those points. In 4 years you can see major changes in yourself and others as well. In my high school tenure, I as well as many others, struggled to find who I am and what I wanted to be in life, how to be confid...
Srishti’s Senior Column
Srishti Mathur, Campus Life Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
It’s really very difficult to dish out advice when you yourself are so tired of hearing it. For the past year, college advice has been hounding me, threatening to drown me with well-meant comments on how to branch out of my comfort zone or how to study effectively. Despite my reservations, here I am, imp...
Selaam Dollisso, Online Managing Editor
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Writing a reflection on four years worth of high school with only two weeks left is a daunting task—proportionally, it just doesn’t work. Not to mention the hindrance...
Dane Dorius, Academics and Arts Editor
May 21, 2018 • No Comments
I’ve always liked writing about whatever’s interested me, but I don’t like writing about myself specifically. It never comes out right and it feels egotistical. This...
Queen Victoria, Opinion Editor
May 21, 2018 • No Comments
… Are two words that describe the majority of my High School years. When I began to write this I was very frustrated and out for blood. I wanted to go for the jugular. Burn...
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Since philosophy’s beginnings, people have debated the nature of reality. From Descartes hypothesizing that a demon was using evil magics to fool his senses, to...
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